Joseph I Lieberman

Hundreds of people protesting the contested presidential race staged noisy demonstrations Saturday outside the Connecticut home of Democratic vice presidential candidate Joseph I. Lieberman. Lieberman's critics accused Democrats of trying to steal the presidential election through repeated vote recounts in Florida. Democrats charged Lieberman's critics with anti-Semitism for holding the rally on the Jewish Sabbath. Lieberman is an Orthodox Jew. "Respect the Sabbath!"

Joe Lieberman's longtime Democratic allies grew practically apoplectic as he backed John McCain for president, stumped for the Republican candidate and criticized Barack Obama. So when Obama won and Democrats cemented their hold on Congress, liberal activists demanded the independent Connecticut senator be tossed out of the Democratic caucus, and some Democratic senators called for him to be stripped of his committee chairmanship. But none of that looks like it's going to happen.

Speaking to a prominent pro-Israel lobbying group, Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman pledged Sunday that a Gore-Lieberman administration would be dedicated to the Middle East peace process. The Democratic vice presidential nominee told leaders of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, assembled in Chicago for a national summit, that Al Gore would continue his long history of support for Israel if he is elected president. "For two decades, Al Gore has worked to strengthen the U.S.

President-elect Obama has told Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid he's not interested in seeing Democrats oust Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman from their ranks over his endorsement of Republican John McCain. Obama told Reid in a phone conversation last week that expelling Lieberman from the Democratic caucus would hurt the message of bipartisanship and unity that he wants for his new administration, a Senate Democratic aide said Tuesday.

He looks like Capt. Stubing from "The Love Boat," waving from the door of his chartered plane dressed in a blue blazer, poking fun at himself and the political process that might make him the next vice president. Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, a 58-year-old Orthodox Jew, can't resist talking about his mother, described by a family friend as the kind of woman who gave young Joseph "a standing ovation every morning when he came down for breakfast."

Joe Lieberman is a man of the middle. For him it is a righteous place where he melds viewpoints to find a voice. Since he was 13, Lieberman has studied the Talmud, which prompts the examination of what different outlooks have in common. In college, where quotas stamped him an outsider, he rose as a leader by bringing together those around him. His political mentor was a Connecticut ward-heeler who ruled by sharing power with his opponents.

Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman will announce his decision Monday concerning a White House bid, but many Democrats say he has told them he plans to run. Lieberman, 60, said he chose his hometown of Stamford to announce his intentions for 2004 because "it's the place where my dreams started." Lieberman's announcement will be followed by one of his trademark visits to a local diner, an aide said.

Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (D-Conn.) said he is developing his own version of legislation passed by the House last week that would expand federal funds for religious charities. The House bill, supported by President Bush, faces opposition from Lieberman and other Democrats because it would preempt state and local laws barring discrimination in hiring.

Just as Texans Lyndon B. Johnson and Lloyd Bentsen did before him in 1960 and 1988, Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman of Connecticut can run for reelection this fall while he runs for vice president on the Democratic ticket. But if Lieberman stays in both contests and wins both, he complicates Democratic hopes of erasing or reducing the GOP's 54-46 edge in the Senate. Connecticut Gov.

The religion of neither Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (D-Conn.), an observant Jew, nor President Bush, a born-again Protestant, will have much effect on voters in the 2004 election, according to a nationwide poll by Quinnipiac University in Connecticut. Most respondents, 85%, said Lieberman's religion would make no difference in voting decisions in his run for the White House. Six percent said Lieberman's religion would make support more likely, and 6% said less likely.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is talking to Connecticut independent Sen. Joe Lieberman about the possibility of Lieberman caucusing with the GOP. Lieberman's affiliation with Democrats is up in the air. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) angered by Lieberman's support of Republican John McCain for president, might yank Lieberman's chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

Sen. Joe Lieberman's affiliation with Democrats was in question after a meeting Thursday with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who is steamed over the Connecticut independent's high-profile support of Republican John McCain for president. Reid, in a sternly worded statement after the 45-minute meeting, said no official decisions had been made.

Joe Lieberman, Al Gore's partner on the 2000 Democratic presidential ticket but now an independent, has turned into a major annoyance for Democrats in this year's race for the White House. Not only has Lieberman gone out on the campaign trail for his Senate buddy John McCain, but he also has formed a group to help the presumptive Republican nominee attract independent and Democratic voters.

For now, Sen. Joe Lieberman, the Democrats' 2000 vice presidential nominee, is still welcome at Senate Democrats' weekly lunches -- even if he is actively campaigning for Republican presidential candidate John McCain. But the welcome mat may not be out for long. If Democrats expand their Senate majority in November, the Connecticut senator could find himself in a political no man's land. But at least until then, he holds a coveted committee chairmanship and has attracted no hint of retribution.

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), trying to build momentum toward a reprise of his 2000 New Hampshire primary victory, is piling up high-profile endorsements, including one from another political maverick, Sen. Joe Lieberman. The Connecticut senator, an independent who was the Democrats' 2000 vice presidential nominee, was scheduled to announce his support for McCain at a town hall meeting today in Hillsborough.

Sen. Joe Lieberman, who won reelection as an independent, has a message for his Senate colleagues in the next Congress: Call me a Democrat. The three-term Connecticut lawmaker defied party leaders when he launched his independent bid after losing to Ned Lamont in the Democratic primary. During the campaign, he vowed to be an "independent-minded Democrat" if he were reelected.

Two Democratic senators joined with William J. Bennett, author of the popular "Book of Virtues," to criticize advertisers who support what critics call "trash TV" talk shows. The three said the shows are contributing to a decline in morals in America and selling exploitation. In television and radio ads to begin airing today, Bennett and Sens. Joseph I. Lieberman (D-Conn.) and Sam Nunn (D-Ga.

Now that the tallying of Florida ballots is up to the courts, it's time to start counting flags. Although the results aren't yet certified, George W. Bush and running mate Dick Cheney lead Al Gore and Joseph I. Lieberman by a razor-thin margin of two American flags. The Republicans pulled ahead Monday, when Cheney spoke at a news conference backed by 14 U.S. flags, a possible Guinness world record. Gore quickly fought back with a televised address from his living room in front of 12 flags.

Sen. Joe Lieberman, the Democrats' vice presidential candidate in 2000 who ran as an independent after losing the primary, kept his Connecticut seat. Lieberman's win as an independent capped a dramatic comeback. His 18-year Senate career was in jeopardy after a loss to antiwar candidate Ned Lamont in the August Democratic primary. Lieberman will be one of two independents in the new Senate -- the other is Bernie Sanders of Vermont.

The independent candidate for the U.S. Senate stood at the helm of PT-109, the World War II torpedo boat commanded by a young Navy lieutenant named John F. Kennedy. Kennedy was standing in the same spot when a Japanese destroyer ran over the vessel. Joe Lieberman, the Democratic senator from Connecticut for 18 years and Al Gore's running mate in the 2000 presidential race, may have experienced a similar crushing sensation in August when he lost his party's primary to challenger Ned Lamont.